Investment Company News

12 Feb 2016

Alpha Real Trust invests in Scottish Biomass Plant

Alpha Real Trust announces it has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire the long leasehold interest in a central Scotland land development site.  Alpha Real Trust has entered into a 40 year, long leasehold interest with full planning consent and secure grid connection for the installation of a wood fired Combined Heat and Power (“CHP”) plant […]

12 Feb 2016

SEGRO mulling big box logistics tie up with Roxhill

SEGRO plc says it has noted the recent media comment regarding a possible transaction with Roxhill Developments. SEGRO confirms that it is in discussions regarding a possible arrangement with Roxhill that, should it be agreed, will enable SEGRO to strengthen its presence in the UK big box logistics market. The arrangement would involve SEGRO and Roxhill working […]

12 Feb 2016

City of London confident of dividend increase

City of London Investment Trust has published interim results covering the second half of 2015. Over this time the NAV total return was 1.5% which was slightly behind the average for the UK Equity Income Investment Trust sector (1.7%) but ahead of the UK Equity Income OEIC sector (0.8%) and the FTSE All- Share Index […]

12 Feb 2016

BlackRock Throgmorton gets its stock selection right

BlackRock Throgmorton Trust beat its benchmark by more than 10% over the year that ended on 30 November 2015. The Company’s net asset value per share returned 23.2% compared with a return of 11.9% for the Numis Smaller Companies excluding AIM (excluding Investment Companies) Index. Shareholders did even better – the share price return was […]

11 Feb 2016

Target Healthcare REIT to acquire care home in Bricket Wood, St Albans

Target Healthcare REIT has announced that it has exchanged contracts to acquire a 12-bed specialist care home in Bricket Wood, St Albans for approximately £2.3m (including acquisition costs). The transaction is expected to complete after the expiration of a “planning judicial review period” in March. Following this, Target is to acquire the care home, which […]

10 Feb 2016

GCP Student Living buys Bristol block with placing proceeds

GCP Student Living has raised £19m in a placing of its shares and has used the proceeds to buy a student accommodation block in Bristol. The Placing was significantly oversubscribed  and the placing price was 135 pence. GCP Student Living has exchanged contracts to acquire Water Lane Apartments, a modern, private student accommodation residence located in a […]

10 Feb 2016

MedicX acquiring new primary care centre in Brynhyfryd, Swansea

MedicX Fund has announced that it has acquired a new primary healthcare centre, in Brynhyfryd, Swansea, by way of forward funding. The property is due to be completed in January 2017 and will be let to a GP practice, the Abertawe Bro Mogannwg University Health Board and a pharmacist. The company says that all leases […]

09 Feb 2016

AEW UK REIT buys three warehouses

The Board of AEW UK REIT has announced the acquisition of a portfolio of three single-let industrial warehouses located in Basingstoke, Rotherham and St Helen’s comprising approximately 232,523 sq ft. The properties are fully let to Wella (UK) Holdings Ltd, Sapa Components UK Ltd and Kverneland Group UK Ltd respectively. The portfolio provides a WAULT of […]

09 Feb 2016

Dunedin Enterprise invests in Alpha Financial Markets

Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust has, through the Dunedin Buyout Fund III, committed £8.1m to an investment in Alpha Financial Markets. Dunedin Enterprise has an interest of 11.6% in Alpha. Alpha is the leading global asset and wealth management consulting firm.  Founded in London in 2003, Alpha has grown rapidly and is now the global market […]